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Police Searching for Nicole Timmons

Aired August 20, 2002 - 15:25 ET

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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: And back to the missing girl story in Riverside, California. We've got fresh live pictures to show you of an area where police are searching for that little girl, Nicole Timmons -- excuse me -- 10-year-old Nicole Timmons. What you are looking at are several police officers in a rocky- ridged area, very typical of the terrain around Riverside County in southern California. It's about 60 to 70 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, an area called Inland Empire, a desert community, where this little girl, this 10-year-old girl, Nicole Timmons, was found missing from her bed at about 7:00 this morning. Her mother said the last she saw of her daughter, from this house here, was at 10:30 last night when she put her to sleep.

Police are saying that they are interested in questioning Nicole's father, who was scheduled to leave the country today, as well as a family friend, 67-year-old Glenn Park, who is an occasional baby- sitter for the girl. These two men are not considered suspects. Police say they merely want to question them.

They are also looking for Glenn Park's 1982 blue and white Dodge pickup with California license plates. And a statewide "Amber Alert" has been issued as well in this case, as police do believe that 10- year-old Nicole Taylor Timmons was, in fact, kidnapped.

They also say that she had a door leading from her bedroom directly into the backyard, where the gate to the backyard was also found unlocked.

As soon as we have more on this story, we are going to bring it to you. The latest and the live pictures, the search for Nicole Timmons.

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